Cung is not a draw. Is he a bigger name than Weidman? Yes, but any marginal advantage he has in name value is outweighed by the fact that its a matchup that makes no sense. Is cung in the top 20? It would not be a bigger ppv than an undefeated prospect who has the style to beat Anderson.

I think it's crazy to doubt that Anderson is the GOAT as far as fighting, but this is an obvious attempt to avoid a fight with a legitimate threat. Why is it that NO ONE else in MMA, not even Cung, has mentioned his name as a potential next fight, except for Ed Soares? Does anyone really believe they think he has a legit claim to #1 contender?

matthias - I think it's crazy to doubt that Anderson is the GOAT as far as fighting, but this is an obvious attempt to avoid a fight with a legitimate threat. Why is it that NO ONE else in MMA, not even Cung, has mentioned his name as a potential next fight, except for Ed Soares? Does anyone really believe they think he has a legit claim to #1 contender?

That's because Cung doesn't care... And he's never spoken out about a fight.

LETMEBANGBRO - He's ducking Weidman !! Weidman is a massive draw and has crushed all the top names at 185 !!

Is massive no a synonym for "awful"

Then Jason, Rockhold with 20K less twitter followers must be a 'really' "awful" draw?

The draw has nothing to do with the decision, it's got to be close to even inbetween the two.

Hell it seems to make more sense to wait for Lombard V okami if you were wanting the biggest draw. Lombard could be promoted using his brutal KO's and the man looks the part! I think he'd draw more than either.

Got to wonder about Cung's draw (movie star and all).Hell it's less of a joke than JBJ Vs Sonnen (by a tad lol).Par for the course here in the MMAE

Anderson Ducking Weidman - Cung is not a draw. Is he a bigger name than Weidman? Yes, but any marginal advantage he has in name value is outweighed by the fact that its a matchup that makes no sense. Is cung in the top 20? It would not be a bigger ppv than an undefeated prospect who has the style to beat Anderson.

LETMEBANGBRO - He's ducking Weidman !! Weidman is a massive draw and has crushed all the top names at 185 !!

Is massive no a synonym for "awful"

Then Jason, Rockhold with 20K less twitter followers must be a 'really' "awful" draw?

The draw has nothing to do with the decision, it's got to be close to even inbetween the two.

Hell it seems to make more sense to wait for Lombard V okami if you were wanting the biggest draw. Lombard could be promoted using his brutal KO's and the man looks the part! I think he'd draw more than either.

Got to wonder about Cung's draw (movie star and all).Hell it's less of a joke than JBJ Vs Sonnen (by a tad lol).Par for the course here in the MMAE

It's the fact that a fight with Rockhold has more marketability than a fight with weidman. Rockhold has also fought and beat better fighters.

Champion vs champion will sell even if the people don't know who the champion is that well.

Champion vs weidman won't sell that well because the only top guy weidman beat (besides Maia which didn't help his stock too much) wasn't seen by many people because it was on fuel.

LETMEBANGBRO - He's ducking Weidman !! Weidman is a massive draw and has crushed all the top names at 185 !!

Is massive no a synonym for "awful"

Then Jason, Rockhold with 20K less twitter followers must be a 'really' "awful" draw?

The draw has nothing to do with the decision, it's got to be close to even inbetween the two.

Hell it seems to make more sense to wait for Lombard V okami if you were wanting the biggest draw. Lombard could be promoted using his brutal KO's and the man looks the part! I think he'd draw more than either.

Got to wonder about Cung's draw (movie star and all).Hell it's less of a joke than JBJ Vs Sonnen (by a tad lol).Par for the course here in the MMAE

It's the fact that a fight with Rockhold has more marketability than a fight with weidman. Rockhold has also fought and beat better fighters.

Champion vs champion will sell even if the people don't know who the champion is that well.

Champion vs weidman won't sell that well because the only top guy weidman beat (besides Maia which didn't help his stock too much) wasn't seen by many people because it was on fuel.

A fact hum, how is that proven with 20K less twitter followers and fighting in SF rather than the UFC? you're splitting hairs! It can't be a blow out in marketability inbetween the the two IMO. No way is it enough to lose the credibility of not fighting the true #2.

LETMEBANGBRO - He's ducking Weidman !! Weidman is a massive draw and has crushed all the top names at 185 !!

Is massive no a synonym for "awful"

Then Jason, Rockhold with 20K less twitter followers must be a 'really' "awful" draw?

The draw has nothing to do with the decision, it's got to be close to even inbetween the two.

Hell it seems to make more sense to wait for Lombard V okami if you were wanting the biggest draw. Lombard could be promoted using his brutal KO's and the man looks the part! I think he'd draw more than either.

Got to wonder about Cung's draw (movie star and all).Hell it's less of a joke than JBJ Vs Sonnen (by a tad lol).Par for the course here in the MMAE

It's the fact that a fight with Rockhold has more marketability than a fight with weidman. Rockhold has also fought and beat better fighters.

Champion vs champion will sell even if the people don't know who the champion is that well.

Champion vs weidman won't sell that well because the only top guy weidman beat (besides Maia which didn't help his stock too much) wasn't seen by many people because it was on fuel.

A fact hum, how is that proven with 20K less twitter followers and fighting in SF rather than the UFC? you're splitting hairs! It can't be a blow out in marketability inbetween the the two IMO. No way is it enough to lose the credibility of not fighting the true #2.

I'm not saying who he should or shouldn't fight but I have a hard time ranking weidman over Rockhold just because he fought in the UFC.

I think beating Kennedy and jacare is just as good as beating Maia and Munoz so I don't really rank weidman above Rockhold. I also don't gauge twitter followers as how popular a fighter is. I always figured twitter was for little kids but who knows.

I would guess that rockholds last fight with Kennedy had close to if not more views than weidmans fight with Munoz.

Last thing is anyone who would watch Anderson fight weidman would also watch Rockhold vs weidman but I think by throwing in the champion vs champion angle there would be more people who watch that than the weidman fight.

IMO weidman needs one more good win to be considered a true #1 contender.

I think those MW ranking are crap as well but as it stands Weidman beat a #3 & #6 in the UFC. A fool can see there is more credibility in fighting him Vs rockhold. The draw of each fighter is about =, there is nothing to talk about and if there is you have not touched on it.

Rockhold is the easiest possible match up for AS. Weidman's style many feel presents AS with problems.

I did a thread "stop Weidman crying" before but this is just silly. I was suckered again.

Weidman is undefeated, 5-0 as a UFC mw, with three finishes. Has a top 5 win over Munoz (an event he main evented, btw), two bonuses and has been on Versus (now NBC Sports), Spike, Fuel and big FOX. How is he unknown or undeserving of a title shot.

Le is a stud and has some nice accomplishments at Strikeforce and a respectable 2-1 record in the UFC. But I just don't see how that resume has people running to pay $54.99 while they wouldn't think of parting with their cash for Weidman.

Weidman is the #1 contender.

Rockhold and Belfort makes sense for the next guy in line after that. Rockhold wants it, Dana wants it, let's hope Belfort does.

And looking further, Lombard seems to have gained some traction with his last performance in Australia.

Lastly, if Hendo and Hashad want to drop (if they win their next fights at lhw), I could dig that too. But now we're way ahead of ourselves.

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